Lisa Meola returns to Holy
Cross in 2014-2015 as a volunteer assistant coach for her seventh
season with the women's tennis program. She served as the head
coach of the Crusaders from 2009-2014.

During the 2013-2014 season, Holy
Cross posted a 6-9 overall record, which included a 4-3 record in
the fall. The Crusaders also earned first place in the Salve Regina
Doubles Invitational in September. Holy Cross sent nine
student-athletes to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, which
were the most by any team in 2013-2014.

In 2012-2013, the Crusaders
finished with a 5-10 overall record, which included a 2-0 fall
slate and a second place finish in the Salve Regina Doubles
Invitational. Jessica DeSimone was named to the Academic
All-Patriot League team for the third time in her career, becoming
the only PL women’s tennis player to win the award all three
times since its inception during the 2010-2011 season. Five
student-athletes were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor
Roll. the Crusaders also posted a perfect 1,000 APR score during
the 2012-2013 season.

Her squad went 11-5 in 2011-2012,
posting the program’s most victories since the 2008-2009 team
that went 10-8. The Crusaders won six straight matches during the
course of the season, the longest win streak for the team in over
six years. Emily Marr was named the Patriot League women’s
tennis Scholar Athlete of the Year, becoming the first Crusader to
earn the honor. Marr and DeSimone were also named to the Patriot
League All-Academic team.

During the 2010-2011 campaign,
Meola had five student-athletes named to the Patriot League
Academic Honor Roll. Two players, Marr and DeSimone, were also
named to the inaugural Academic All-Patriot League team.

No stranger to Holy Cross, Meola
was the assistant tennis coach during the 2008-2009 season. Prior
to her tenure at Holy Cross, Meola was head coach of the Notre Dame
Academy (Mass.) women’s tennis team for seven seasons. While
there, she compiled an overall record of 137-7 and coached the
squad to three consecutive Division II State championships.

Meola began her coaching career in
2004, where she coached the Clark tennis teams. She also has
experience as a tennis instructor at the Paxton Sports Centre in
Paxton, Mass. A 1998 graduate of Clark, Meola received her
educational provisional certificate in 2001 and her master’s
degree in education from Boston University in 2011. She currently
resides in Holden, Mass.

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